单词 | Pandora |
释义 | Pandora(pænˈdɔːrə) or Pandore (pænˈdɔː, ˈpændɔː) noun Greek mythology the first woman, made out of earth as the gods'revenge on man for obtaining fire from Prometheus. Given a box (Pandora's box) that she was forbidden to open, she disobeyed out of curiosity and released from it all the ills that beset humankind, leaving only hope within Word origin from Greek, literally: all-giftedpandora(pænˈdɔːrə) noun 1. a handsome red sea bream, Pagellus erythrinus, of European coastal waters, caught for food in the Mediterranean 2. a marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Pandora that lives on the surface of sandy shores and has thin equal valves Word origin after Pandora |
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